Coming Home Soon??

Well, it looks like Chloe could be coming home soon. She is now at 6 oral feeds a day (only 2 are being given through feeding tube). When she is at 8 oral feeds they look to send her home. I just talked to the neonatologist and he said she should be home by this weekend. She still is not doing well with the breastfeeding, so I could use your prayers on that. The dr said I will probably have to nurse and then supplement with a bottle for awhile. It all sounds so much simpler than it is. When she is bottle fed we know that she is satisfied and how much she has gotten. We don't know with breastfeeding, yet breastfeeding is best, right? I don't like giving up.

Chloe moved to a new room yesterday. She was previously in the NICU in an open room. She is now in a private room. There is a TV, dvd player, couch, we can order room service, etc. It is so quiet in here. You get so used to the NICU noise. We will miss all the nurses, but it is nice to not be in there when bad stuff is going on. It is hard to be happy when you can see that another baby is not doing well. It is cute to see little, tiny Chloe in this big room. She now weighs 4lb, 9oz.

She had an MRI yesterday morning to check out her spine. The dr gave us the news today that it looks "definitively fine". That is great news! We were worried that she may need surgery if it was tethered.

Thank you everyone for all your support, prayers, and kindness this second time around! You have no idea how much we appreciate it. If you could pray for our health as well... We've been a little run down lately, and with so much going around I'm hoping no one comes down with anything. Thanks for checking in on us!